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IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TO U.K. MISSION NEW YORK

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1528

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7 NOVEMBER 1969

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ADDRESSED TO UKMIS NEW YORK TELEGRAM NUMBER 1528 OF 7 NOVEMBER

REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO UK MISSION GENEVA, UKDEL OECD PARIS,

UKDEL EEC AND WASHINGTON.

YOUR TELEGRAMS NUMBER 2479 AND 2483: ITEM 48

ON PREFERENCES.

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DRAFT RESOLUTION

THE SUBSTANTIVE DOCUMENTATION WHICH IS TO BE SENT TO DEVELOPING

COUNTRIES IN NOVEMBER SEEMS LIKELY TO CONSIST OF A SUBSTANTIAL

STATEMENT OF THE ISSUES INVOLVED AND THE POINTS OF AGREEMENT

REACHED, TO WHICH MAY BE ANNEXED CERTAIN OF THE ILLUSTRATIVE AND

PROVISIONAL OFFERS TABLED BY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES IN OECD.

2. YOU SHOULD AVOID ENTERING INTO 'DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT

THE SUBSTANTIVE DOCUMENTATION WILL CONTAIN BUT THE ACCEPTANCE

OF A REFERENCE TO CONCRETE AND SPECIFIC OFFERS IN OPERATIVE

PARAGRAPH TWO COULD LEAD LATER TO ACCUSATIONS OF BAD FAITH.

THIS PRAGRAPH SHOULD THEREFORE BE AMENDED ALONG THE FOLLOWING

LINES:

''CALL UPON DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, MEMBERS OF UNCTAD, TO MAKE

EVERY EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT SUBSTANTIVE DOCUMENTATION IS

TRANSMITTED TO UNCTAD AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE IN NOVEMBER 1969''.

IF NECESSARY '' THE FULLEST SUBSTANTIVE DOCUMENTATION POSSIBLE"'

COULD BE SUBSTITUTED FOR ''SUBSTANTIVE DOCUMENTATION''.

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